Ericsson demos 500Mbps vectorized VDSL2, HD streams get way excited

by Darren Murph posted Mar 17th 2009 at 2:42PM

If you were jazzed about Comcast's recent announcement that its DOCSIS 3.0 technology was spreading even further across America, you should probably have a seat before reading the rest of this. Ericsson, who is generally known for its work in pushing mobile broadband speeds past the limit, has just demonstrated a VDSL2-based technology achieving data transfer rates of more than 0.5Gbps. Yeah, 500Mbps. The so-called "vectorized" VDSL2 tech can even offer up these speeds on existing copper lines, and for what it's worth, the demo utilized six bonded lines. We know, the only question here is "when?" Ericsson asserts that the standards for VDSL2 and line bonding are available today, but the standardization of vectoring "is ongoing and is expected by the end of 2009." Gimme, gimme.

[Via Total Telecom, image courtesy of VideoJug]

Filed under: Industry, Internet

Tags: broadband, DSL, Ericsson, high-speed internet, High-speedInternet, internet, speed, transmission, VDSL, VDSL2, vectorized

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Bozster @ Mar 17th 2009 3:26PM

This proof of what most people supporting digital downloads are talking about. Now keep in mind, I'm not talking availability but the capability. Just imagine what you would need from optical disc point to do to reach this type of delivery? For these speeds to use in your home you probably just need a cable modem with VDSL2 specification and you are ready.

This is the biggest difference between optical medium and digital. One is constantly relying on our money as consumers to grow and every time they need a bump in speed or storage size, we have to repurchase everything again from discs to players and recorders.

WIth digital/internet based approach the provider of the speeds is doing the upgrading and we have minimal costs while not changing really anything on our content wise.

This is the future without a doubt and it seems that it will be ready sooner then 2014.

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ben @ Mar 17th 2009 3:27PM

Is that 6 copper lines they're bonding? If so, no need to get excited. Pair/line bonding for 6 lines won't ever happen. It's tough enough to get 1 good pair to your house and AT&T is soon going to try 2 in some areas, but outside of that, 6 lines won't ever happen as most of the pairs going down the poles are already taken anyway and it would probably end up costing about the same if not more to condition all those copper lines for each house instead of just running fiber.

I guess its possible for that to happen in other areas, but certainly not in any ATT areas i've worked in. Maybe the Euros will have something though?

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